Gerald
R.
Ford
Presidential Foundation
Research
Travel
Grants
Program
View
a List
of Recent
Grant
Recipients
and Their
Topics
Library collections focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. There are earlier and later materials depending upon your topic.
How do I apply?
You may download the application in Microsoft Word format. Before you apply, please contact the Ford Library in Ann Arbor for information about holdings related to your project.
To Request Information on Library Holdings or Schedule a Research Visit Contact: Telephone:
(734) 205-0563 |
To apply, please send the application form, a vita, and a two or three-page project proposal to the Ford Foundation in Grand Rapids by by mail, fax, or e-mail. The proposal should provide both a description of the project and the ways in which Ford Library resources can advance the research. Ask three professional references to send supporting letters of recommendation by mail, fax, or e-mail. Letters of recommendation must be received by the first day of the month after the application deadline (April 1 for the spring round and October 1 for the fall round). Grant applications lacking the full complement of recommendations by these dates may be deemed incomplete and held for consideration in a later round.
To Submit Grant Applications Contact: Telephone:
(616) 254-0396 |
When
are the application deadlines?
Awards
are
made
twice
yearly.
Application
deadlines
are
MARCH
15 and
SEPTEMBER
15. If you submit your application by mail, it must be postmarked by the deadline. You
may
submit
applications
at any
time,
and
those
received
too
late
for
one
round
will
automatically
be considered
in the
next.
How
and when are grants awarded?
Selection
criteria
are
pertinence
of "open" Library
holdings,
project
significance,
appropriateness
of project
design,
and
applicant
qualifications.
The
Gerald
R. Ford
Presidential Foundation
typically
authorizes
$45,000
for
grants
each
year.
The
Foundation
will
notify
grant
recipients
about
two months
after
the
deadline.
Grants
must
support
research
conducted
after
the
awards
are
announced
and
will
not
be awarded
retroactively
for
research
already
conducted.
The
Library
staff
presents
the
grant
check
when
the
recipient
arrives
to begin
research.
Grant
recipients
must
begin
Ford
Library
research
within
one
year
of receiving
an award
notice,
acknowledge
Foundation
support
in the
resulting
publication(s),
and
donate
to the
Library
a copy
of the
publication(s).
What
other
grants
are
available
through
the
Gerald
R. Ford
Library?
The "Gerald
R. Ford
Scholar
Award
(Dissertation
Award)
in Honor
of Robert
Teeter" in
the amount
of $5,000
is given
annually to
one individual
to support
dissertation research
on an
aspect of
the U.S.
political process
during the
latter part
of the
twentieth century.
See details
about
the
award.